STRUCTURAL MECHANICS AND MATERIALS TESTING LAB's

MECHANICAL TESTING TYPES OF EQUIPMENT

MTS 250 kN Fatigue/Static Axial Test Machine

•Servo-hydraulic Static/Fatigue Testing Machine (30 Hz)

•Tension-Compression Static/Fatigue

•Brand: MTS

•Capacity: 250 kN

•Operating Temperature: -40 –  177 °C

•Axial testing machine is used for tension-compression static and fatigue testing in coupon and component level.

MTS 100 kN Tension-Torsion Fatigue/Static Test Machine

•Servo-hydraulic Static/Fatigue Testing Machine

•Tension-Compression-Torsion Static/Fatigue

•Brand: MTS

•Capacity: 100 kN

•Operating Temperature: -18 –  65 °C

•Axial testing machine is used for tension-compression-torsion static and fatigue testing in coupon and component level.

Dartec 100 kN Fatigue/Static Axial Test Machine

•Servo-hydraulic Static/Fatigue Testing Machine

•Tension-Compression Static/Fatigue

•Brand: MTS

•Capacity: 100 kN

•Operating Temperature: -129 –  177°C

•Axial testing machine is used for tension-compression static and fatigue testing in coupon and component level.

MTS 100 kN Test Machine and Furnace

•Electromechanic Static Testing Machine

•Tension-Compression Static

•Brand: MTS

•Capacity: 100 kN

•Operating Temperature: -100 - 350°C

•Axial testing machine is used for tension-compression static testing in

coupon and component level and it provides testing opportunity in different temperatures by a high-temperature furnace.

Shimadzu 10 KN Testing Machine

Specifications:

•Electromechanical Universal Testing Machine

•10 kN Capacity

•Tension-Compression tests

Applications:

•Tension-compression-torsion and fatigue testing of structural components

GOM Aramis/Pontos DIC system

Specifications:

•3D imaging and measurement

•4MP resolution

•Up to 480 fps imaging

Applications:

•Component testing and analysis

•Surface strain measurement

•Measurement of 3D displacements

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High-Speed Imaging System

PHOTRON SA-5X

Specifications:

•7,000- 1,000,000 fps imaging

•Full 1,024 H x 1,024 V (1MP) pixel resolution at 7,000 frames per second (fps)

•Reduced resolution to 1,000,000 fps

•20-50-100 mm camera lenses

Applications:

•High speed crack growth imaging of components

•High-speed strain observations                                        

Digital Microscope 

HUVITZ HDS-5800 Digital Microscope

Specifications:

•Optical Magnification 0.89x-103.111x

•Total Magnification 50x-5800x

•Field view 9.9mm-0.085mm

•Working Distance 100mm

Applications:

•Surface inspection of the specimen before the test to avoid initial failure.

•Evaluation of surface fractures of the specimen after the test.

Photoelasticity System

Gunt FL-200

 Specifications:

•Monochromatic or white light

•Generate stress patterns with linear or circular polarized light

•2 plane polarization filters as polarizer and analyzer

•2 quarter wave filters to generate circularly polarized light

•All filters with 360° angle scale and marking of the main optical axis

Applications:

•Representation of mechanical distribution of stress in photoelastic experiments.

Low-Velocity Drop Weight Impact Test Setup

Specifications:

•44 kN load measurement capacity

•Up to 0.95 m release height

•Up to 4.2 m/s impact velocity in free fall configuration

•Appropriate design for addition of springs to obtain higher impact velocity

•1.8 kg or higher impact mass

•Automated weight lever system

•Impact velocity measurement system

Applications:

•Low-velocity impact testing of composite materials

Friction Test setup

Specifications:

•Simultaneous displacement and load measurement at 50 kHz

Applications:

•Frictional sliding testing of polymer plates structural components.